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enResearch course at Lund University https://ehps-net.eu/news/research-course-lund-university
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<div class="field-item even"><p>This advanced course in economic demography equips students with sources and methods for analysing living standards in the past. Using event-history analysis and combining longitudinal individual level demographic data with information on socioeconomic factors at household level, and macro data on food prices, wages, temperature, and rainfall, we investigate short and long-term economic stress and early life exposures on later life outcomes as well as intergenerational social and biological transfers.</p><p><strong><strong>How to apply</strong>: </strong></p></div>
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Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:44:19 +0000Marja384 at https://ehps-net.euNew website HoPEShttps://ehps-net.eu/news/new-website-hopes
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<div class="field-item even"><p>The Tampere Research Group for History of Population, Environments and Social Structures (HoPES) aims at creating a historical database on the population, living conditions and resources in Finland between the years 1750-1920. The research unit started in the autumn of 2017. Data collected and analysed by methods of historical research can be utilised in multidisciplinary research in different disciplines. The database will be built in cooperation with international and domestic partners.</p></div>
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Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:15:32 +0000Marja377 at https://ehps-net.euEHPS-Net Repositoryhttps://ehps-net.eu/news/ehps-net-repository
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<div class="field-item even"><p>The repository contains all datasets that may be downloaded from the EHPS-Net website without the intermediary support of the specific database organisation and the extraction software that may be used for extracting datasets from the IDS structures. The 'Overview' page consists of a matrix of databases and extraction software, showing which software is running on which database.</p><p>The software can be found <a href="https://www.ehps-net.eu/repository/overview" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></div>
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Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:15:22 +0000Marja376 at https://ehps-net.euWorkshop 'Finding the Way through Historical Data. The use of GIS on historical databases'https://ehps-net.eu/news/workshop-finding-way-through-historical-data-use-gis-historical-databases
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<div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Workshop 'Finding the Way through Historical Data. The use of GIS on historical databases'</strong></p></div>
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Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:46:04 +0000Marja373 at https://ehps-net.euBob McCaa 2018 IUSSP Laureatehttps://ehps-net.eu/news/bob-mccaa-2018-iussp-laureate
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<div class="field-item even"><p>The IUSSP Laureate will be awarded to Bob McCaa during a&nbsp;ceremony that will take place during the PAA 2018 Annual Meeting at Denver on Wednesday 25 April.</p><p>See <a href="https://iussp.org/en/laureate-2018-bob-mccaa" target="_blank">here</a> for more information and the <a href="https://iussp.org/sites/default/files/McCaa_IUSSPlaureate_nominationletter.pdf" target="_blank">letter of nomination</a>. </p></div>
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018 07:17:43 +0000Marja364 at https://ehps-net.euVacancy: two PhD fellowships at Uit the Arctic University of Norwayhttps://ehps-net.eu/news/vacancy-two-phd-fellowships-uit-arctic-university-norway
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<div class="field-item even"><p>The application should include a motivation letter (1-2 pages) concerning 'Social Inequality in Health'. The deadline is 22 May 2018.</p><p>For more information see: <a href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/151004/two-phd-fellowships-in-history-and-social-sciences-affiliated-with-population-studies-in-the-north-at-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway" target="_blank">https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/151004/two-phd-fellowships-in-history-and-social-sciences-affiliated-with-population-studies-in-the-north-at-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway</a>.</p></div>
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Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:29:47 +0000Marja363 at https://ehps-net.euLONGPOP workshop on IDShttps://ehps-net.eu/news/longpop-workshop-ids
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<div class="field-item even"><p align="LEFT">This three-day course is meant for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) or students in general who want to learn how to exploit their historical sources in a structured, systematic and sustainable way. Primary goal is teaching them best practices of handling historical longitudinal data by way of the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS). Secondary goal is to guide students in working with their own dataset: converting them into the IDS structure and developing their own extraction software. Recent experiences in the use of extraction software will also be presented and discussed.</p></div>
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Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:48:29 +0000Marja357 at https://ehps-net.euNew book about population censuseshttps://ehps-net.eu/news/new-book-about-population-censuses
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<div class="field-item even"><div><p>For more information see the <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Censuses-and-Census-Takers-A-Global-History/Thorvaldsen/p/book/9781138553286" target="_blank">publisher's website</a>. The book is also available from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=thorvaldsen%2C+gunnar" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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Mon, 27 Nov 2017 08:12:11 +0000Marja349 at https://ehps-net.euVacancy: Post-doctoral fellow in historical demography/economic history (2+2 years)https://ehps-net.eu/news/vacancy-post-doctoral-fellow-historical-demographyeconomic-history-22-years
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<div class="field-item even"><p>The tenure is limited to two years, with a possibility of extension for an additional two years.</p><p>The researcher will be employed at the Department of Economic History and be affiliated with the Center for Economic Demography at the Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). He/she will work in the research program “The Rise and Fall of the Industrial City: Landskrona Population Study” together with other post docs and senior researchers, doing demographic analyses using longitudinal individual-level data for the period 1900-2010.</p></div>
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Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:18:03 +0000Marja347 at https://ehps-net.euConference 'Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique a 50 ans: un colloque international'https://ehps-net.eu/news/conference-le-programme-de-recherche-en-d%C3%A9mographie-historique-50-ans-un-colloque-international
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<div class="field-item even"><p>Please see the <a href="/sites/default/files/programme_colloqueprdh_mai2017.docx" target="_blank">preliminary programme</a> and a <a href="/sites/default/files/formulaire_enregistrement_siteweb.docx" target="_blank">registration form</a> for more information.</p></div>
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Thu, 11 May 2017 07:15:57 +0000Marja337 at https://ehps-net.eu